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![]() Lake Melville in relation to other districts in Labrador | |||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | ||
MHA |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1975 | ||
First contested | 1975 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2006) | 10,299 | ||
Electors (2011) | 6,647 |
Lake Melville is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 6,647 eligible voters living within the district.[1]
The district includes Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Churchill Falls, North West River, Sheshatshiu and Mud Lake. Happy Valley-Goose Bay is a service and defence town. Aboriginal issues, defence spending, hydroelectric power and control over development of forest resources are the major issues of the district.[2]
Sheshatshiu, a federal Innu reserve, is located approximately 30 kilometres north of Goose Bay.
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